The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has refuted claims that N400 billion was recovered when Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives raided the home of its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The council also called for the arrest of the publishers responsible for the libelous story. This rebuttal follows the EFCC’s own denial that it conducted any raid on the former Lagos State governor’s residence.
The controversy began on Sunday when the online platform Igbo Times Magazine reported that EFCC operatives had discovered about N400 billion in old notes during a raid on one of Tinubu’s underground homes. The story quickly spread on social media before the anti‑graft agency issued a statement refuting it. In a tweet, EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwujaren urged Nigerians to disregard the report as fake news.
A statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Director of the PCC Media and Publicity, noted that the campaign council had identified the rogue website as a source of false and malicious information about their candidate. Onanuga criticized the story for lacking the essential details of “when, where and how” that constitute a credible news report.
While praising the EFCC for promptly dissociating itself from the fabricated story, the former managing director of the News Agency of Nigeria called on security agencies to locate the website’s owners. He warned, “We urge the authorities to fish out the people behind the site, that is recklessly dishing out fake news, before more damage is done to our polity. We want to warn Nigerians to be wary of every piece of news emanating from the site and its social media handles.”
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